SUP Yoga

SUP Yoga is all about balance, endurance and strength-training. You get to train your core and increase stamina without even realising it! You remain mindful of your breathing throughout practice, focussing on your breath helps to anchor your attention and awareness to your practice and helps to reduce fluctuations of the mind.

SUP Yoga

We’ve teamed up with Kristine of SUP Yoga Guernsey to offer outdoor SUP Yoga this year. The sessions are 75 minutes and comprises safe board handling and paddling skills, paddling out to our anchor line, we clip-in, enjoy a fun and safe practice of SUP Yoga, before a gentle paddle back to shore. During a SUP Yoga class we’ll practice mindful breathing (pranayama), physical poses beginning with warm-ups (asanas), a little mediation (dhyana), finishing with relaxation.

SUP Yoga is all about balance, endurance and strength-training. You get to train your core and increase stamina without even realising it! You remain mindful of your breathing throughout practice, focussing on your breath helps to anchor your attention and awareness to your practice and helps to reduce fluctuations of the mind.

At nearly 90cm’s thick and 10”6’ long the boards are extremely stable platforms, however, the body considers it an unstable surface due to the water beneath and engages your proprioceptor muscles, you voluntarily and involuntarily engage muscles that you’re not even aware of which are helping to keep you upright and stable on the board. This muscle contraction inherently helps you to develop strength, endurance and balance. SUP Yoga is physically low impacting, emotionally calming, spirituality uplifting, and energetically charging, classes are safe, relaxing, and fun!

For Who

No previous experience of SUP or Yoga is required. Only ever try a pose (asana) if you feel comfortable to do so, pose modifications are offered to help you move and progress at your comfort, listening to your inner wisdom, not inner critic. 12-15 year olds may participate with responsible parent/guardian written consent.

Cost

£25 per student per session

£15 per student if joining to clip-in to anchor line with own board/equipment (please advise before-hand to ensure enough carabiners are available)

WARNING: Yoga has been known to invoke feelings of peace and joy, and to cause good health and happiness 🙂

When

I’m planning on offering outdoor SUPY every Friday 6:15pm [If the weather turns out unsuitable then I’ll hold it at the pool].

Where

Every class is unique. The venue can be variable and dependent on weather and tides, allowing mother nature to take the lead in providing us the backdrop for each class. We always try to make class challenging in an enjoyably way leaving any competitiveness back on the shore!